1 jan 300 ano - Codex

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A codex is a text made up of a folded piece of a writing material—often parchment, in its earliest iterations—which is bound together with other folded sheets in sequence to make a book. Codices typically have writing on the recto and verso sides of a page, and are very efficient for storing information as a result (Galbraith, 2020). The codex began to emerge as a format early in the Common Era, and overtook the scroll as the dominant writing format in Europe and the Middle East sometime around 300 BCE. Codices afford users random access to the materials inside them rather than sequential access as scrolls do, and remain the primary form of the book into the modern day (Galbraith, 2020). Formats similar to the codex also developed in Mesoamerica, though very few examples survive (Library of Congress).


About the images: The first image shows fragments of an early Greek papyrus codex from the 4th century CE, which describes basic formulae, recipes and methods for the treatment of illnesses and injuries. The second image is a page from the so-called Dresden Codex, a Mayan text written some time between 1200-1500 CE. It depicts a variety of religious and mystical practices, as well as containing calendars (Library of Congress).

SOURCES
Dresden Codex. (n.d.). Library of Congress. Retrieved February 23, 2025, from https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_11621/?sp=15&st=image
Galbraith, S. K. (2020). A Brief History of the Book: From Tablet to Tablet. Libraries Unlimited.
Raven, J. (2023). The Oxford History of the Book (First edition). OUP Oxford. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192886897.001.0001

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Medical Codex. (4th century CE). [Papyrus, ink]. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. https://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/art-science-healing/medical_papyri2.php
The Dresden Codex. (circa 1200-1500). Saxon State Library, Dresden, Germany. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_11621/?sp=15&st=image

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